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FRAME IN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does frame in mean?
• FRAME IN (verb)
The verb FRAME IN has 1 sense:
1. enclose in or as if in a frame
Familiarity information: FRAME IN used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Enclose in or as if in a frame
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
Context example:
frame a picture
Hypernyms (to "frame in" is one way to...):
close in; enclose; inclose; shut in (surround completely)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Context examples
She delayed to speak, and at last she spoke haltingly, hesitating to frame in words the harshness of her thought.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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